As host of UN COP28 climate talks, the autocratic UAE is now allowing in critics it once kept out
Sunday, 3 December 2023 Activists at the COP28 climate talks in Dubai are taking advantage of the rare opportunity to protest in the United Arab Emirates. The UAE, an autocratic nation, typically bans demonstrations and tightly restricts speech. However, the UN and the UAE agreed to allow free expression for the climate talks. Activists are seeking approvals from organizers to hold demonstrations, and several protests have already taken place. The demonstrations have covered various issues, including the Israel-Hamas war and environmental concerns.
Activists from Stop Ecocide International hold a protest banner at the entrance to the venu of the COP28 climate talks in Dubai. World leaders take centre stage at UN climate talks in Dubai on Friday, under pressure to step up efforts to limit global warming as the Israel-Hamas conflict casts a...
As the COP28 climate conference gets underway, haze engulfs Dubai. Human Rights Watch has warned that the United Arab Emirates is choking under "alarmingly high" air pollution levels fed by its fossil..
UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, announces the creation of a private fund dedicated to "solutions" to climate change, as he opens the summit of heads of state at the 28th United..
Sunday, 3 December 2023
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